Simon de Montfort was a colossus in English affairs during the 13th century, as this biography skilfully explains. What is revealed is…
This book is written rather in the style of an excellent set of lecture notes produced by a diligent tutor. Frank Ledwidge,…
Few today can recall much about the Jacobites, other than Bonnie Prince Charlie, ‘the Young Chevalier’, and his noble defeat at Culloden…
Most Britons are proud of their country’s role in helping to bring about victory in the Second World War. There is nothing…
Imagine this scene: soldiers bring out the body parts of executed men and place them outside their barracks; their loved ones arrive…
The shock of the early Zeppelin raids initiated a host of unconventional countermeasures, including Professor Archibald Low’s project for a small radio-controlled…
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns’ book can, in essence, be divided into two distinct sections: his ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ officer days,…
Although its subject matter is Germany, this slim volume is packed full of photographs garnered by the author from around the world,…
With this book, Paul Rahe continues his projected six-volume account of the history of the Spartan state.…
I had thought I knew a lot about the First World War. Until I read this book. Then I discovered a yawning…